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- The satisfaction that accompanies good acts is itself not the motivation of the act; satisfaction is not the motive, but only the consequence.
- Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed,…
- The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular…
- Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.
- The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world,…
- The only distinct meaning of the word "natural" is stated, fixed, or settled; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent…
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